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For me, this adds needless complexity. "Cast as normal" IMO means cast using the magic action (as normal) and the ready action allows...

Correct. The other two normal ways are Bonus Action and Reaction, neither of which are used during the casting that happens in...

Casting a spell merits special mention under readying and action: When you ready a spell, you cast it as normal but hold its energy...

To add: after you cast the spell as normal, you must concentrate until your readied action releases it, if your concentration is broken...

I just don't see any other way to read "When you ready a spell, you cast it as normal but hold its energy," than to read you use the...

I address this in a later post and agree with that. But the trigger CAN be something very easy, whistling, even blinking. The point is...

This is far from universal. The trick is to root the characters in the campaign world and to make the players actually care about what...

This never leads as anywhere good! Much better to discuss and contain the problem then to get into some kind of escalating loophole...

Sure, upon reflection, that's correct. But since the trigger can be, as you said, whistling, blinking, whatever - it doesn't change my...

I think, as @FarBeyondC just pointed out, it doesn't work that way. Per ready action: When you Ready a spell, you cast it as normal...

So... What's the supposed workaround doing in this case?

I tend to run in Greyhawk, a kitchen sink setting. But campaigns tend to get pretty narrow, focusing on something specific like the...

Not only kitchen sink, but lots of plane hopping and genre hopping for me. My campaigns typically last about 3 years.

I'll let someone else check the math, but this statement? It's subjective, so saying "absolutely" is a HUGE stretch. But, IMO: The...

One confound with 2014 monks, how often the party was allowed to rest. If the DM allowed the group to rest/reset whenever they wanted...